Oh Ros, Ros, Ros, now I am going to have to join in the Christie is Missing event! I just can’t resist. What fabulous reading plans you have and I’m so glad you are joining the Ghosts of Christmas Past event. I love your selection of books 😊
So I am definitely adding Claudia Piñeiro to my TBR 🤗 We have a joke that Stephen Fry narration is so good that you can get addicted to him reading the grocery list 🤣🤣 Jo is a great buddy reader 😎
The Claudia Piñeiro reading project sounds brilliant. I intended listening to Sherlock Holmes this month but have found myself reading off plan 😅 Great plans, I did Christie's Missing a couple of times and loved it.
What a delightful month you have planned, Ros. I don't think I knew about Christie's Missing. I am definitely going to look into this event. I have been working my way through the Miss Marple novels, and I think I'd love to join in on The Murder at the Vicarage. I shall investigate to find out about the other prompts. I'm really enjoying our reading of Pineiro, and I'm thrilled about this revival of reading Victorian ghost stories. I did re-read The Canterville Ghost for Victober, and I loved it. You have so many wonderful books for this month! I hope you have a lovely month.
Sounds like a wonderful set of books to close the year out, Ros! I am participating in the Ghosts of Christmas Past readathon and Katie’s Christmas Dickens Readalong. Otherwise my focus is on finishing The Iliad and Dune. All the best to you and your family for the season! 🎄📚
Hi Roz, great stack of books. I don’t really make plans what I am going to read. I am first of all trying to finish books I started earlier this year. Also reading/listening to the Odd Women by George Gissing, which is a re-read for me. not that I remember much about it seeing that I read it back in 1985.
@@59cubanita finishing things up feels fitting at the end of the year. I try to leave some room for spontaneous choices each month but I enjoy planning too.
As I have already mentioned in other videos, Middlemarch is very often on the compulsory reading list of French students reading english literature in France, studying to become english teachers. We have to read it at least twice😂 and to lezrn many quotations by heart! A challenging job yet...an extraordinary novel
I'm reading a collection of 22 Dickens Christmas short stories as well as JRR Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas. Then I have a big stack of books I started over the year but didn't finish for various reasons that I would like to get on with and get off my shelf. I'm itching to start a new one though.
@@Fernie4243 finishing things off in December is satisfying. I'm sure the Dickens collection will have some ghosts here and there. I am intrigued by Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas now.
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Yes, there are some goblins and ghosts. Yesterday I read The Christmas Tree. It's listed as an essay on his bio online. It is childlike imagination, beauty and a smidge of spooky wrapped up in a bow. It's fabulous! I highly recommend it. Tolkien's Letters and illustrations are wonderful! I have only read one of his books and it was good, but this is a delight. My husband says I need more whimsy in My Life and this is perfect.
Thursday Night Widows is great, or at least I enjoyed it! It really examines the awful reality of the gated community and the wealth differences between those inside and outside the fence. I haven’t read all of her books yet but they seem to be more about examining societal issues with a bit of a crime on the side. And I agree with you about Andrew Miller - wonderful writer but I haven’t read any of his recent novels. I loved his first one Ingenious Pain so can recommend that.
@@ianp9086 yes it is debatable whether she is a crime writer or more a writer whose novels often feature a crime or death. I'm looking forward to Thursday Night Widows.
I definitely need to read some Piñeiro. Have heard her highly praised frequently in the last few years. Stephen Fry certainly is addictive. I love the way Christie pokes fun at Holmes, particularly in Poirot novels where Poirot derides the idea that the murderer would kindly smoke a very specific form of tobacco and leave the ash at the scene in the crime. The Canterville Ghost is such a treat. For having a low commitment December you've got quite the pile there!
Hello! Love your video! Capitains of the Sands is my favourite Amado book. I think it was his first. I am looking forward to knowing your opinion! Thank you!
If you’re going to read seasonally, Christmas seems the perfect time! I need to find my own Middlemarch rereading moment, perhaps just diving in without trying to plan it too much would work better. 2025 perhaps. 🤔 A new to us Virginia Woolf is definitely going to be a treat, at least I hope so 🤞
Juliet Stevenson does a brilliant job of reading Middlemarch on audiobook--highly recommended. It's how I re-read Middlemarch (done it a couple of times.)
Hey Roz, I don't have plans to do any challenges but I do have a number of books I'm planning to definitely read before the end of the month. Whether I'll get to them all I don't know, but I probably will. I'm currently reading 3 books: "Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver which I'm glad to say I'm well over 3/4 of the way through, "Knots And Crosses" by Ian Rankin and "Midland Ghosts And Hauntings" by Anne Bradford and Barrie Roberts. Both of the last 2 I'm also over halfway through. Then I every "What You Are Looking For Is In The Library", "Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman" by Lucy Worsley and when it gets here I'll have a book about Agatha Christie's inspirations. So I'm going to read a couple of books about Christie. The other thing I want to get to is "The Black Loch" by Peter May, because it's a follow-on from the Lewis Trilogy and was released in September 2024. I met Peter during that month and he signed my print copy for me, then someone on bookshare took it upon themselves to transcribe the book into electronic braille within a month of its release, saving me a job. I love being able to read something that's only very recently been published for once! I was going to do a review of "The Canterville Ghost", but it's such a short story' I don't know there would be much to say. I read in October as you know I think, and would highly recommend it. Alice and I read "A Christmas Carol" last Decemb. It was my first time of sitting down reading it, or reading it when I went to bed as the case may be, and Alice listened to the audio version. My first and only proper buddy read as well.
@@harmonyln7 you are packing a lot into December. You are as bad as me! I watched Lucy Worsley's documentary series about Agatha Christie. I bet the book will be good. Meeting Peter May sounds exciting. We shall have to do a buddyread sometime.
Coincidences for me in this video - I’ve started rereading Middlemarch this month, a few pages before bed. I read it in my early 20s or late teens and I didn’t realize just how young Dorothy was at the start! Also, in my early 20s I went through a Jorge Amado binge and have four of his books on my shelves, but I’ve been afraid that I wouldn’t like them at all these many decades later. I figured they’d be too macho for my taste now but sounds like it’s not that overbearing?
@@nkcish the element of machismo seems unavoidable in a male writer from Latin America writing then and is striking to us reading today. I'll see if it overwhelms his other qualities. I hope not. I will imagine you working through Middlemarch side by side with me!
Hello. Wonderful discovery of your channel. Articulate without the normal book tube cliche. I would love love to hear your views on "The Waves" Virginia Woolf. and "1Q84" Murakami. Obviously not your normal fare.... but hey oh
Reading The Waves was an extraordinary experience and I plan to reread it one day. I have read a few Murakami novels but not 1Q84. I have mixed feelings about him but he is always interesting.
Oh Ros, Ros, Ros, now I am going to have to join in the Christie is Missing event! I just can’t resist. What fabulous reading plans you have and I’m so glad you are joining the Ghosts of Christmas Past event. I love your selection of books 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff a December dose of Christie and crime has to be healthy.
So I am definitely adding Claudia Piñeiro to my TBR 🤗
We have a joke that Stephen Fry narration is so good that you can get addicted to him reading the grocery list 🤣🤣
Jo is a great buddy reader 😎
@@BernasBookishAdventures I think you will like Piñeiro. I like that Fry joke. Pretty much true!
The Claudia Piñeiro reading project sounds brilliant. I intended listening to Sherlock Holmes this month but have found myself reading off plan 😅
Great plans, I did Christie's Missing a couple of times and loved it.
@@PageTurnersWithKatja off plan is good, especially as you have a lot of 2025 plans.
Good luck with your December reading!
@@AbiofPellinor extra reading time over Christmas is a treat isn't it?
I had never noticed it before, but you're absolutely right-Victorian novels work so well in audio format! Also, Jorge Amado 🥰.
@@TheLinguistsLibrary I used to think I disliked audio books but I have realised it depends on the type of book.
Hi Ros 👋🏽. I'm also enjoying our Piñeiro Project. 🫶🏽
@@books_and_bocadillos it's very stimulating being part of the group.
What a delightful month you have planned, Ros. I don't think I knew about Christie's Missing. I am definitely going to look into this event. I have been working my way through the Miss Marple novels, and I think I'd love to join in on The Murder at the Vicarage. I shall investigate to find out about the other prompts. I'm really enjoying our reading of Pineiro, and I'm thrilled about this revival of reading Victorian ghost stories. I did re-read The Canterville Ghost for Victober, and I loved it. You have so many wonderful books for this month! I hope you have a lovely month.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 brilliant if you join the Marple group read. I am hoping for a jolly reading month all round.
@ yes! Here’s to a jolly reading month!
Pretty accurate the way you pronounced Jorge.
@@knittingbooksetc.2810 that's a relief. I looked it up before but panicked.
I found that I loved Christie’s latest works the best!
@@heidi6281 that's interesting. The ones from the 1930s and 40s are my favourites I think.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side from 1962, is my favorite.
@@heidi6281 I know that is a good one.
It sounds like a good reading month for you, Ros!
@@readandre-read I hope so.
Sounds like a wonderful set of books to close the year out, Ros! I am participating in the Ghosts of Christmas Past readathon and Katie’s Christmas Dickens Readalong. Otherwise my focus is on finishing The Iliad and Dune. All the best to you and your family for the season! 🎄📚
@@jf8559 I was tempted by Katie's Christmas Dickens but decided I had better resist! Have a lovely holiday season yourself.
I think you will enjoy the Kline book. He is such a delightful writer.
That's good to hear 😊
Hi Roz, great stack of books. I don’t really make plans what I am going to read. I am first of all trying to finish books I started earlier this year. Also reading/listening to the Odd Women by George Gissing, which is a re-read for me. not that I remember much about it seeing that I read it back in 1985.
@@59cubanita finishing things up feels fitting at the end of the year. I try to leave some room for spontaneous choices each month but I enjoy planning too.
As I have already mentioned in other videos, Middlemarch is very often on the compulsory reading list of French students reading english literature in France, studying to become english teachers. We have to read it at least twice😂 and to lezrn many quotations by heart! A challenging job yet...an extraordinary novel
@@brigittebeche4117 that's a challenging requirement for students. But wonderful to be introduced to the best English literature has to offer.
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I fully agree! I love George Eliot. I have read several of her novels and at least three biographies 😂 obsession????
@brigittebeche4117 great obsession!
It sounds like a good time to reread _Middlemarch._ 😊
@@davidnovakreadspoetry it's probably always a good time to reread Middlemarch but I need to stop procrastinating.
I'm reading a collection of 22 Dickens Christmas short stories as well as JRR Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas. Then I have a big stack of books I started over the year but didn't finish for various reasons that I would like to get on with and get off my shelf. I'm itching to start a new one though.
@@Fernie4243 finishing things off in December is satisfying. I'm sure the Dickens collection will have some ghosts here and there. I am intrigued by Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas now.
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Yes, there are some goblins and ghosts. Yesterday I read The Christmas Tree. It's listed as an essay on his bio online. It is childlike imagination, beauty and a smidge of spooky wrapped up in a bow. It's fabulous! I highly recommend it.
Tolkien's Letters and illustrations are wonderful! I have only read one of his books and it was good, but this is a delight. My husband says I need more whimsy in My Life and this is perfect.
I’m really looking forward to reading The Land in Winter, hopefully this side of Christmas!
Have you read others by him then? Which are your favourites?
I have read most of his but I haven’t read Pure yet though. The Slowworm’s Song is my particular favourite so far.
@@Ali-AvidReader that one was quite intense.
Thursday Night Widows is great, or at least I enjoyed it! It really examines the awful reality of the gated community and the wealth differences between those inside and outside the fence. I haven’t read all of her books yet but they seem to be more about examining societal issues with a bit of a crime on the side.
And I agree with you about Andrew Miller - wonderful writer but I haven’t read any of his recent novels. I loved his first one Ingenious Pain so can recommend that.
@@ianp9086 yes it is debatable whether she is a crime writer or more a writer whose novels often feature a crime or death. I'm looking forward to Thursday Night Widows.
I definitely need to read some Piñeiro. Have heard her highly praised frequently in the last few years. Stephen Fry certainly is addictive. I love the way Christie pokes fun at Holmes, particularly in Poirot novels where Poirot derides the idea that the murderer would kindly smoke a very specific form of tobacco and leave the ash at the scene in the crime. The Canterville Ghost is such a treat. For having a low commitment December you've got quite the pile there!
@@tillysshelf true but lots that are fun or short. And yes I will be looking now for the hints of Holmes in Poirot. I think you'll enjoy Piñeiro.
Hello! Love your video! Capitains of the Sands is my favourite Amado book. I think it was his first. I am looking forward to knowing your opinion! Thank you!
@@fernandamurari8577 now I'm looking forward to it even more!
If you’re going to read seasonally, Christmas seems the perfect time! I need to find my own Middlemarch rereading moment, perhaps just diving in without trying to plan it too much would work better. 2025 perhaps. 🤔 A new to us Virginia Woolf is definitely going to be a treat, at least I hope so 🤞
@@josmith5992 saying it in a video will avoid me procrastinating.
Juliet Stevenson does a brilliant job of reading Middlemarch on audiobook--highly recommended. It's how I re-read Middlemarch (done it a couple of times.)
@@kathleencraine7335 I have a version read by Maureen O'Brien but maybe I should get the Stevenson instead if you recommend it.
Hey Roz, I don't have plans to do any challenges but I do have a number of books I'm planning to definitely read before the end of the month. Whether I'll get to them all I don't know, but I probably will. I'm currently reading 3 books: "Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver which I'm glad to say I'm well over 3/4 of the way through, "Knots And Crosses" by Ian Rankin and "Midland Ghosts And Hauntings" by Anne Bradford and Barrie Roberts. Both of the last 2 I'm also over halfway through. Then I every "What You Are Looking For Is In The Library", "Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman" by Lucy Worsley and when it gets here I'll have a book about Agatha Christie's inspirations. So I'm going to read a couple of books about Christie. The other thing I want to get to is "The Black Loch" by Peter May, because it's a follow-on from the Lewis Trilogy and was released in September 2024. I met Peter during that month and he signed my print copy for me, then someone on bookshare took it upon themselves to transcribe the book into electronic braille within a month of its release, saving me a job. I love being able to read something that's only very recently been published for once! I was going to do a review of "The Canterville Ghost", but it's such a short story' I don't know there would be much to say. I read in October as you know I think, and would highly recommend it. Alice and I read "A Christmas Carol" last Decemb. It was my first time of sitting down reading it, or reading it when I went to bed as the case may be, and Alice listened to the audio version. My first and only proper buddy read as well.
@@harmonyln7 you are packing a lot into December. You are as bad as me! I watched Lucy Worsley's documentary series about Agatha Christie. I bet the book will be good. Meeting Peter May sounds exciting.
We shall have to do a buddyread sometime.
Coincidences for me in this video - I’ve started rereading Middlemarch this month, a few pages before bed. I read it in my early 20s or late teens and I didn’t realize just how young Dorothy was at the start! Also, in my early 20s I went through a Jorge Amado binge and have four of his books on my shelves, but I’ve been afraid that I wouldn’t like them at all these many decades later. I figured they’d be too macho for my taste now but sounds like it’s not that overbearing?
@@nkcish the element of machismo seems unavoidable in a male writer from Latin America writing then and is striking to us reading today. I'll see if it overwhelms his other qualities. I hope not. I will imagine you working through Middlemarch side by side with me!
Hello. Wonderful discovery of your channel. Articulate without the normal book tube cliche. I would love love to hear your views on "The Waves" Virginia Woolf. and "1Q84" Murakami. Obviously not your normal fare.... but hey oh
Reading The Waves was an extraordinary experience and I plan to reread it one day. I have read a few Murakami novels but not 1Q84. I have mixed feelings about him but he is always interesting.